USS Young America (1855)
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  United States
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| Laid down: | 1855 |
| Launched: | 1855 |
| Acquired: | 7 January 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 26 February 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 June 1865 |
| Struck: | 1865 |
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| Fate: | sold, 12 July 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 173 tons |
| Length: | not known |
| Beam: | not known |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
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| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | not known |
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USS Young America (1855) was a Confederate steamer captured by the Union Navy’s blockade vessels, and subsequently placed in-service in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
On 24 April 1861, Union sloop-of-war USS Cumberland captured Young America in Hampton Roads, Virginia, as that Confederate tug attempted to help blockade-running schooner George M. Smith enter the James River laden with munitions for the Confederacy. Cumberland armed the prize—a screw steamer built in 1855 at New York City—and used her as a tender.
However, early in June, Young America was ordered to the Washington Navy Yard for repairs to her machinery. She broke down while en route and was towed up the Potomac River by Union steamer USS Resolute.
Repairs completed, the tug departed Washington, D.C., late in July, bound for Hampton Roads and duty with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After patrol and reconnaissance assignments, Young America proceeded to the Baltimore Navy Yard on 13 October 1861 for further repairs and returned to duty in Hampton Roads late in November. On 26 February 1862, the vessel briefly left the Virginia Capes area for Currituck Inlet, North Carolina, to rescue crewmen and stores threatened with capture when Union screw steamer USS R. B. Forbes grounded on 25 February.
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